"I do not rule Russia; ten thousand clerks do." Tsar Nicholas I
"There are mighty few people who think what they think they think." Robert Henri
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy."
"There could hardly be a town in the South of England where you could throw a brick without hitting the niece of a bishop." Eric Arthur Blair
"Reason, I sacrifice you to the evening breeze."
"A man from hell is not afraid of hot ashes."
"Basically, he just wasn't willing to dress up like Louis XIV before we went to bed every night. I really demand that of a partner." Carly Simon
"The most popular labor-saving device is still money." Phyllis George
"I find myself sympathizing with the Americans. Why should they buy this rubbish? Even we aren't buying it in any great numbers." George Michael